"Ok I'm from the UK, and the comedy phrase 'I'm the only gay in the village' is a reference to a gay big brother reality tv show contestant who was from a small Welsh village. Basically the show's producers brought in another gay contestant later on in the game and he was much more experienced, and the first gay contestant felt like his role had been usurped: 'he was the only gay in the big brother house!'....The idea came from that [show] and from the comedy show Little Britain [in which this] fictional gay man 'thinks' hes the only gay in the village but he isn't. And when he realizes he's not, his catch phrase is "I'm the only gay in this village!"

So in theory what the guys said was not that bad, but you have to know the comedy show to get it, and realise that this show is playing on the idea of political correctness. I know that might not make sense to people from the US, but in my own opinion the guy should have not made the assumption that everyone was a fan." --Posted by lizzieeatworld

"I feel bad for the guy in general. If his whole book's campaign has to rest on the idea of managing to shortly outsell another beloved series ("Hotter than Potter"), then obviously he's struggling a little. The jokes, though probably not meant to be offensive, were definitely weak. And as to Jo's villains being "wimps"? People have got to understand that villains don't have to be dark and sinister and after our souls, or whatever. Dolores Umbridge was scarier to me than any demon because she was attacking Harry on and ideas-level, rather than just coming after him with physical force." --Posted by eruanna317